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295. The Bodhisatta Preventing Sacrifice Of Animals

Once upon a time when Brahmadatta was reigning in Benares, the Bodhisatta was born in a brahmin family, in Kasi. And when he was of mature years, renouncing the pleasures of sense and embracing the ascetic life he developed the supernatural powers of mystic meditation, and enjoying the delights of Contemplation took up his abode in a pleasant grove in the Himalayas.

The king of Benares at this time was fearfully alarmed by hearing those four sounds uttered by four beings who lived in Hell. The brahmins warned that one of three dangers must befall him, he agreed to their proposal to put a stop to it by the fourfold sacrifice.